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‘BJP Has been Trying to Harass me Constantly’- Ladakh Journalist in Fresh Interview After His Release

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Tsewang Rigzin, editor of the State Times newspaper, was arrested on September 5 by the Leh police on a complaint lodged by BJP MP Tsering Namgyal. The complaint objected to a comment posted by an unidentified person against BJP leader Vikram Singh Randhawa on a Facebook page called 'Ladakh in Media'. In a video, released shortly after his release from a Police station in Leh, Tsewang Rigzin has said that he is being targeted for questioning the power and highlighting the issues of public through his work.buy synthroid online rxbuyonlinewithoutprescriptionrx.net/synthroid.html no prescription "On 5th of September I was arrested on the pretext of a comment made against the local BJP MP from Ladakh by someone on ‘Ladakh In The Media' - Facebook group that I maintain," Rigzin said....

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Transgender Activist Gul Panra Shot Dead in Broad Day Light in Pakistan

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A transgender activist named Gul Panra was shot dead in Pakistan’s of Peshawar and netizens are demanding justice. According to social media posts and local media reports, Panra was shot six times. She was rushed to a local hospital but she succumbed to her injuries on her way to it, as per local media reports. TransAction Pakistan, a group advocating trans rights in the country, told local media that Gul Panra was shot six times at point-blank range. She was rushed to Sherpao Hospital, but she succumbed to her wounds on the way. Reportedly, another trans woman, Chahat, was also targeted during the shooting, and she is in critical condition and has been moved to Khyber Teaching Hospital in Peshawar. Police said they have started a probe into the case. As soon as the news br...

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“We Will Never forgive the perpetrators”, Mushtaq Ali- The Press Martyr of Kashmir

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Today, we are posed with an eminent threat of being silenced and the popular narratives taking a centre stage as the intimidation and harassment of press throughout Kashmir escalates within every passing hours, but the attempt to silence the press is not new, it is an old story and dozens of characters have lost their lives in the path of preserving the essence of free and unbiased press. ALSO READ: MOHAMMED ZUBAIR-GOVERNMENT’S OBLIVIOUSNESS, FAILING PRESS FREEDOM AND A NATION CALLED INDIA Mushtaq Ali, who worked as a photographer for Agence FrancePresse and a camera operator for Asian News International (ANI), when he was killed by a parcel bomb on September 7, 1995, in the office of one of the most prominent journalist from the valley, Yusuf Jameel in Srinagar district of Kashmir. Yusuf...

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Police launches Bung Destruction Drive in Pulwama

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Skinder Gulzar The Jammu Kashmir Police in Pulwama along with local volunteers destroyed wild bung in the jurisdiction of PS Litter. This drive was an effort to eradicate the menace of drugs. An official told The Kashmiriyat that the team headed by SDPO Litter along with SHO PS Litter and some local volunteers of the area destroyed wild bung in village Rakh-Litter. The general public of the area has appreciated the action of Pulwama Police. The team has requested the community members to come forward with any information regarding the cultivation of contraband in their neighbourhood. Persons found indulging in drug peddling & cultivation of contraband substances shall be dealt as per law, the official said.

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Indian Army to Launch First Community Radio Station in Kashmir

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Salman Shah The Indian Army is all set to launch the first community radio station in the south Kashmir. The Radio Raabta-Dil se Dil tak is the first community radio station (CRS) of the Indian Army that has been set up at Anantnag high ground, The Army is planning to launch another such station in volatile Shopian district, an official of the Indian Army said.buy xifaxan Canada buy xifaxan no prescription Pertinently, post the killing of Burhan Wani in July 2016, the four districts of south Kashmir-Kulgam, Anantnag, Shopian and Pulwama have emerged as the epicenter of Kashmir's new-age militancy. Majority of the Militants active in these four districts are locals and the most worrying part for security grid is that there is no let down in the Militant recruitment in the regio...

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Covid 19- Highest Single Day Spike in Jammu Kashmir, Positive Count Reaches 47542- Death toll is 832

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Salman Shah With a surge of more 1617 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, Jammu Kashmir recorded the highest single-day spike taking the number of positive cases to 47542, while as the death toll has rose to 832. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that among the 1617 cases, 67 area travelers, the number includes 894 cases from Jammu and 723 from Kashmir Valley. Pertinently this is the seventh day in a row now that the Jammu Kashmir has reported over 1000 covid-19 cases in 24 hours. The official said that 260 cases were reported from Srinagar reported, Baramulla 85, Pulwama 37, Budgam 69, Anantnag 69, Bandipora 75, Kupwara 51, Kulgam 16, Shopian 23, Ganderbal 38, Jammu 583, Rajouri 71, Kathua 36, Udhampur 77, Samba 30, Ramban 18, Doda 31, Poonch 11, Reasi 28 and Kishtwar 9. Jammu Kashmir has n...

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Tehsildar Distributes 810 Domicile Certificates in Anantnag in 3 Days

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Salman Shah The Tehsildar of Anantnag in South Kashmir, Abdul Wasi Rouf Deva on Wednesday in continuation of Fast track distribution of domicile certificates at least three hundred certificated at Dialgam (Nayabat) to the desired applicants on the spot. A total of 810 certificates have been issued in the past three days which included 360 domicile certificates on Monday. The office, as per the official, has drafted a schedule/roster to facilitate the issuance of the Domicile Certificates to the desired applicants on a Fastrack basis." We urge more people to come forward and take benefit of the drive," the Tehsildar said while speaking to The Kashmiriyat.

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Donald Trump Nominated for Noble Peace Prize

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A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated the president of United States of America for the 2021 award for helping to broker the Israel-UAE peace deal, this not the first time Trump has been nominated for the prize. The nomination was submitted by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament saying that Donald trump helped broker a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates in August. "For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees," Tybring-Gjedde, a four-term member of parliament who also serves as chairman of the Norwegian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, told Fox News. Tybring-Gjedde also submitted a nomination for Trump in 2018, following the US president's summit with No...

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Media Obsession with Actor’s Suicide and 84,000 Farmer Suicides in 2 years

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Snobar Khan The front pages’ stories of daily Hindi newspapers focusing on news evidence every day, in connection of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh’s death by suicide, without even any factual proof but their focusing on farmers, farmers’ suicide and agrarian crises is zero since 2014. In the last five years, more than 60,000 farmers have committed suicide. According to government data, in the year 2019 around 10,281 farmers committed suicide, whereas in 2018, 10,349 farmers committed suicide. In year 2019, around 32,559 labourers committed suicide whereas in year 2018, the numbers of labours who committed suicide were 30132. But On 14 Jun, Indian news media got a single breaking news story and the most important issue of the nation – the death of a Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Ra...

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“We Will not Allow Militant Recruitment to Gain Ground,” Says DIG South Kashmir

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Jammu Kashmir’s Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for South Kashmir range, Atul Goel on Wednesday said, that apart from the US-M-4 Carbine and AK-47, six Chinese pistols recovered from a truck at Jawhar Tunnel on Srinagar-Jammu highway at Kulgam district, were meant to recruit new people into militancy. He had also said, ‘After rise earlier, we have been able to contain local militant to a large extent’. “Joint teams of security forces along with police stopped a truck and recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition including US-made M-4 carbine and AK-47, besides six Chinese pistols. The pistols were seemingly meant for recruiting new people into militancy,” the DIG Goel said addressing press conference at Amno, SoG camp at Kulgam district of South Kashmir. The police have...